Earth's Materials Pathfinder

Welcome to our Earth's Materials Pathfinder. When using databases, you will need to log in to Moodle to get the user names and passwords.

When using ebooks, all you need to do is click on the Read Online button to start reading. If you need to print something, just click on the page you want to print and the print button will appear.

If you see (audio) next to a source, that means you can listen to and read the information.


Disasters! Oh No!!
Find out what these natural disasters are:

1. Landslides
2. Volcanic Eruptions
3. Floods
4. Earthquakes

• Go to PebbleGo (if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on Earth Science and then Earth in Action. You will find out about earthquakes, floods, and volcanoes.
• See a diagram of a volcano. You will need the password from your teacher to use this website Picture of Volcano
• To find out how volcanoes work, look at a magazine article from Scholastic News called Mountains of Fire.
• Want to know about earthquakes? Try this WorldBook Encyclopedia article Earthquake
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What is a landslide? Look at this online book.

• Find out more about floods in this online book.
  
  

What on Earth??
Find out what these Earth features are:

1. Glaciers
2. Soil
3. Sediment

• What is a glacier? Go to PebbleGo(if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on Earth Science and then Landforms.
• What is soil? Go to PebbleGo(if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on Earth Science and then Earth Features.
• See a video and read about glaciers in the Worldbook online encyclopedia Glaciers
• Need to know about sediment? Read a magazine article from Wild Outdoor World. Clean Water
• Read an online book about glaciers.
  
  

• Read an online book about soil

The Earth's Rocks!

• What are rocks? Go to PebbleGo(if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on Earth Science and then Earth Features.
• Learn about the color, hardness, and shapes of rocks and minerals from Weekly Reader Magazine. You will need to use a password if you want to read this magazine from home. Rocks and Minerals
• National Geographic Explorer magazine tells you all about earth's amazing story with rocks. You will need to use a password if you want to read this magazine from home. Rock Hound
• Play a game. Can you identify types of rocks? Geology Games for Kids

Rocks ebook	Find out what rocks and minerals are found in the earth. Learn about sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks, how they are formed, how we use rocks, and what fossils are found in rocks. Recommended for ESL.
The Rock Cycle ebook	Learn about the rock cycle, see how rocks form, break down, and reform over thousands of years, find out what causes rocks to change.
Rocks ebook	Find out where where rocks are found, what they look like, and how the three types of rock--igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic--form. Recommended for ESL.
Blocks of Rocks ebook	See things that are built with rocks, and look at different ways rocks are used in construction, including streets, bridges, sculpture, and buildings.

Websites
Rock Hounds with Rocky	A geologist will show you how to collect great rock samples. Includes puzzles, quizzes and how rocks are made.
A Wonderful World of Minerals	This site is created for kids by kids. Learn about different rocks and minerals including gems, birthstones, volcanoes, and many more. Includes games such as rock memory and word searches.
Rocks and Minerals	Rocks are minerals, but not all minerals are rocks- that and other interesting information on this website.
The Adventures of Mineral Man & Rockhound	Fun puzzles to solve, interesting photos, pictures, and interviews with real rock experts: geologists and earth science professionals.
GeoMysteries	Rex the Dino Detective will help you solve mysteries about rocks, fossils and minerals. Find out about a rock that floats, little rocks with holes in the middle, and a golden cube! Scroll through the geologic timeline. The farther you scroll down the page, the farther you'll go back in time. Check the field trip section to get some great tips for studying and collecting rocks. This site has great photos of rocks, minerals and fossils.
Rocks and Soils	Which rock can float in a beaker of water? Test each of the rocks to find out if it is permeable, if it wears well, or if it splits. Then, try the other activities to learn about the characteristics and uses of rocks, and to read about different types of soils. Take the quiz to find out how much you have learned.
Fossweb	Choose a type of rock from the rock database and explore how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are formed and about their properties. Click on a rock photograph to get information about each rock. Includes information about minerals. Play the Doom game that tests your knowledge about the hardness of rocks.
If Rocks Could Talk	If rocks could talk, they would have a story to tell about the history of the Earth. Interview six rocks to learn about their stories. First up is a meteorite, a rock from another planet that didn't completely burn up travelling through Earth's atmosphere. Next, meet a conglomerate who has travelled through the rock cycle. Greet a piece of granite that was formed five miles beneath the Earth's surface, carried by a giant glacier, and deposited on the ocean floor.
Minerology 4 Kids	Look at minerals in your home and mineral groups, play mineral games, Learn about rock formation, and crystals. If you have a "rocky" question, you can ask a mineralogist.
Uses of Rocks	Find out how people used rocks in the past and how we use rocks now.
Gemstones	Great photos and interesting facts about gemstones.

Play a game to test the hardness of rocks to find out which rocks float, split, wear well or are permeable.
BBC Rocks Game


The Earth is Changing??

Find out how the earth changes. What do these words mean?

1. Erosion
2. Weathering

• What is erosion? Go to PebbleGo(if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on Earth Science and then Earth Features.
• Read an online book on weathering and erosion (still looking for information on sediments? That's here too)

• Read an online book on erosion

Video on Erosion

Song on Erosion

The Earth...Long Ago

To learn about life long ago, you need to know these words:

1. Extinction
2. Prehistoric life
3. Dinosaurs
4. Fossils

• Prehistoric animals? What are those? Look in the World Book online encyclopedia to find out. Prehistoric Animals
• What is a dinosaur? Look at this website to find out. (You will need a user name and password from your teacher)
• Read more about dinosaurs. Go to PebbleGo (if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on the Animals section and then Dinosaurs.
• What are fossils Look at this website to find out. (You will need a user name and password from your teacher)
• Read and watch a movie about fossils. Go to PebbleGo (if you are at home, remember to get a password from your teacher). Click on Earth Science and then Earth Features.
• This website has interesting information about dinosaurs and fossils. What's a Dinosaur?
• Find some basic information about dinosaurs in the World Book online encyclopedia. Dinosaurs
• Solve mysteries about fossils on this website. GeoMysteries
• What are fossils and why are they important? Find out in this online book.

• Why did all the dinosaurs die? Read this online book to find some possible answers.